LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Chinese storekeeper of Raetihi has been declared bankrupt. His unsecured debts’ amount to £2113.

What’s in a name? A young man named Bottles was convicted at Auckland last week of being over-full, and smashing glass to the value of £4 10s. A Masterton firm is reported to have received an offer of good quality Java sugar, to be delivered within four months, at £2O per ton, c.i.f., Wellington. A man sixty years of age, with a history of twenty-one years of drunkenness and vagabondage, was sent to gaol at Auckland on Thursday for three months. He was found picking up refuse in the streets for food.

“Py corry, the John Bunnies!” remarked a Maori at the match in Wanganui on Wednesday, when he noticed the sturdy forwards of the Springboks coming on to the field.

“Five shillings deposit, five shillings per month, and no interest.” were the attractive terms on which Tt was announced recently that property would be sold in a Queensland town.

The number of motor-ears registered in Hamilton (over 2000) means a motorcar for every six persons. Practically every means of transport in the Waikato is done by motor-car, truck, motorbike or push-bike. The horse has been put to one side.

It is stated that the Government, after agreeing 'to an arrangement by which the Union Company was allowed to raise the price of transporting coal 2s 9d per ton has. under pressure from the dealers and big users, now called upon the company to give reasons for the rise in price.

“It is all very well talking about the sellers of goods being greedy,” said Mr. Justice Frazer in a lecture at Auckland.

“We are all greedy. When a man goes into a shop to buy he wants to get as much as possible for his money. He is probably as greedy as the seller. The man who has nothing to sell but his services wants to get as much as possible for them.”

Referring in a lecture at Auckland to the tests which in some advanced quarters are being used by those concerned in vocational selection, Mr. Justice Frazer said that in all tests natural intelligence was an important factor. They were not tests like many of these days, which were simply tests of education, and might not have much value outside the schools.

The South African footballers left New Plymouth by the mail train yesterday morning for Masterton, where they play Wairarapa to-morrow. The team was farewelled 4,t the station by a large number of officials of the Taranaki Rugby Union and enthusiasts. Mr. D. J. Malone, president of the Taranaki Rugby Union, travelled with them as far as Stratford. At every station along the line crowds of enthusiasts assembled to farewell the Springboks. Mr. .1. McLeod travelled as far as Inglewood with the team; and on leaving they gave him a hearty farewell. “There is always a certain amount of humus carried by the sea, and you will find evidence of that on the beach at New Brighton,” declared Mr. R. Nairn, a nurseryman, while giving evidence in a case at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court. Counsel who was cross-examin-ing him was sceptical of this, but Mr. Nairn explained how the ‘ wash*’ of logs and trees was cast up on the sands, and so left some small quantity of humus.

To-morrow the Eltham Co-operative Dairy Factory Company makes a big bonus payment to its suppliers. To date the pay-out has amounted to 2s per lb. butter-fat, and on Wednesday a further 2id per lb. will bo paid out. bringing the amount to 2s 2M This payment will involve a sum of practically £19,00. being distributed among suppliers of the company. This is not, of course, the. final payment, which will not lie available for some little time, says the local Argus.

A reminder is given to Scots of the meeting to be held in the Soldiers’ Club o n Thursday evening Io consider the advisability of establishing a Caledonian or kindred society. A full attendance i s requested.

A Mark-down Sale of unusual extent is now running at Morey’s. Every line in their stock of new and fashionable wear and household drapery has been subjected to the most relentless price reduction. Call at Morey’s to-day. Get first-hand knowledge of the bargains

The three additional tram cars purchased by the New Plymouth Borough Council arrived yesterday by the steamer Kamo.

On a charge of drunkenness a statutory first offender who appeared before the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday was convicted and fined 7s fid. Rates of pay on the hydro-electric extension works at New Plymouth have been approved as follows by the Borough Council: General laborers (outside work) 16s per day; concrete work outside 17s per day; tunnel work £1 per day; concrete work in tunnel £1 per day; shift foreman Is per day extra.

A meeting of the Taranaki Tower Board Committee was held at Eltham yesterday, when Mr. H. C. Carman presided. Mr. R. 11. Bartley, New Plymouth borough electrical engineer, was also present. Plans of the proposed district were finally approved, and it was reported that good progress was being made with the preliminary arrangements.

Advice was received from the Northern Shipping Company last night to the effect that the steamer Tarawa, which was to have arrived in New Plymouth early this morning, was bar-bound at Manukau Heads. The vessel left Onehunga for this port at 3.20 p.m. yesterday with passengers and 100 tons of cargo, but owing to the rough weather was unable to cross the bar. If the weather moderates it is expected that she will cross this morning.

Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases in the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday by Mr. C. R. Orr Walker, S.M.:—John Hart v. Moral Bros., £8 2s (hl, costs £1 los 6d; J. B. Mac Ewan and Co., v. Koto Broughton, £2 2s 3d, costs £1 16s (id; Frank Ainsley v. Waho, £1 13s fid, costs £1 8s; Fitzherbert and Fitzherbert v. Wahieroa, £94 15s 6d. costs £5 16s; M. K. Harker v. Darroch and Douglas (Auckland) £5, costs £1 5s fid. A quantity of trees suitable for planting out are to be placed at the disposal of reserves committees and ratepayers’ associations by the New Plymouth Borough Council, as the result of a decision arrived at by last night’s meeting. On the motion of Cr. Brown a previous resolution in favor of offering the trees for sale to the various societies was rescinded, and it was decided that the trees be given to any recognised societies making application within the next fortnight, any balance to be disposed of to the best advantage.

The mischievous spirit of a couple of very young boys (both being about seven years of age) was responsible for an outbreak of fire in a shed at the rear of Messrs. Roch and Lealand’s premises in Devon Street, New Plymouth, yesterday afternoon at 12.30. The building, which was part of the Buckley estate, was used for storing a motor car, and when the fire was noticed by Mr. Roch, the shed was alight in two different places. The New Plymouth brigade was quickly .summoned, and the. fire was extinguished without much .damage being sustained. The indications having pointed to incendiarism enquiries were made by the police, and led to the detection of the two boys, who admitted setting the shed an fire.

“My own opinion is that these street collections should be discontinued,” said the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) at last night’s meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council in discussing an application from the Plunket Society to hold a Baby Day street collection on November IS. The society also asked for permission to erect stalls on the streets, and the Mayor proposed the latter part should be approved but that the permission to make a collection be not granted. He remarked that though the practice had been permitted for some time it. was becoming a nuisance. Subsequently the council decided, in view of the good work beinc done bv the society, to accede to the request.

The application from a number of residents of Devon Street West for the construction of a footpath was again before the New Plymouth Borough Council last night. Cr. J. Brown enquired whether there was any power to enable residents in localities such as this to raise a loan for the particular work, as it seemed that in many instances this was the only prospect of relief. The .Mayor replied that enquiries would be made on the question, and the Council decided to defer the application in respect to Devon Street West on the understanding that the only method of getting the work done was by special loan raised by the ratepayers. Eels! Eels! Eels! They were in their thousands at the Maori pah at Waitara yesterday, hanging on lines drying and curing, frizzling against a 14ft long fire in the open, or smoking in the smoke room. They were of the lamprey variety, and, according to Dr. Pomare, the total weight amounted to four tons. They were taken out of the bed of the Waitara river. Bracken fern is thrown in, and the blind eels become entangled, and the skilful Maori throws i them out in thousands. They are regarded as a great delicacy, especially when they have been exposed to the weather —and the Hies—for a week or two. On Sunday two-Europeans were observed devouring the succulent eels with evident yelish. One of them yesterday confessed, however, that as a consequence he had to take an emetic and did not sleep during the whole night. A charge of 18s fid for the carriage of a parcel of 751 b from Patea to Christchurch was quoted, in a letter received by the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce from the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, which asked for support in an endeavor to secure “through transit” between North and South Island centres. ‘’Another Socialistic move.” exclaimed Mr. L. A. Edwards. “They are asking the Government to interfere with a private concern and say what its charge shall eb, and, on the’other hand, they are interfering and say what its charge shall be, and, The suggestion is entirely unworkable except in an extremely Socialistic State.” Mr. A. I Hunt said he had always been in favour of through transit. He did not believe in the right of anyone to make use of the strip of water which divided the Islands to levy a toil on. traffic between the railway

systems. Mr. Edwards rejoined that the only •M’bnie.dy was to reduce the charges of*the Cnion Company, and how could that be done when the company said it cost so muck to transport goods, and that they were the best judges of their own husiners?- Mr. C. J. Ward said that in Britain goods were carried between England and Ireland with onlyone collecting authority. He moved that the Chamber should support the Canterbury body in any action it took towards instituting through traffic, and this motion was adopted.

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